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Handbook

Hand′bookˊ

(-boŏkˊ)
,
Noun.
[
Hand
+
book
; cf. AS.
handbōc
, or G.
handbuch
.]
1.
A book of reference, to be carried in the hand; a manual; a guidebook.

Definition 2024


handbook

handbook

English

Noun

handbook (plural handbooks)

  1. A topically organized book of reference on a certain field of knowledge, disregarding the size of it.

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